Edythe M. Lynch

March 30, 1991

Edythe M. Lynch, 92, former head of the Bowen High School English department in Chicago and a pioneer school counselor, died Thursday in Pleasant View Luther Home in Ottawa, Ill. A native of Rockford, she graduated from Chicago Normal Teachers College in 1918 and from the University of Chicago in 1923. Miss Lynch received a master`s degree from Columbia University in 1933. From 1937 to 1964, she headed the Chicago Guidance Assembly. Vice President Hubert Humphrey in the mid-1960s selected her to serve on the board of the National Vocational Counseling Program. There were no immediate survivors. Services for Miss Lynch will be Saturday in La Salle.